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Associated Press
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Published: Fri, January 25, 2008 - 3:34 pm
Last Updated: Fri, January 25, 2008 - 3:38 pm
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley has joined TransportationSecretary Mary Peters in promoting toll roads as the answer to
highway congestion in America.
At a news conference Friday in Montgomery, both said toll roads
can be built faster than publicly funded roads.
Riley said Alabama officials are studying the use of toll roads
for several routes. They include a route connecting Dothan with
Interstate 10 in the Florida Panhandle, an outer loop around
Montgomery, a Huntsville bypass, and the addition of elevated lanes
to U.S. 280 where it connects to Interstate 459 in Birmingham.
Peters' visit came one week after she dissented from a federal
transportation commission study that called for higher gas taxes to
address America's transportation problems.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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